Diocese of Paramaribo

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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Paramaribo (Latin: Dioecesis Paramariboënsis; Dutch: Bisdom Paramaribo) (erected 22 November 1817, as the Prefecture Apostolic of Dutch Guyana-Suriname) is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Port of Spain. It was elevated to an apostolic vicariate on 12 September 1842 and to the Diocese of Paramaribo on 7 May 1958.

Bishops

Ordinaries

  • Paulus Antonius Wennekers (1817-1823)
  • Martinus van der Weijden (1825–1826)
  • Jacobus Grooff (1826–1852), also appointed Vicar Apostolic of Batavia, Dutch East Indies
  • Jacobus Gerardus Schepers (1842–1863)
  • Johannes Baptista Swinkels, C.SS.R. (1865–1875)
  • Johannes Henricus Schaap, C.SS.R. (1876–1889)
  • Wilhelmus Antonius Ferdinand Wulfingh, C.SS.R. (1889–1906)
  • Jacobus Cornelis Meeuwissen, C.SS.R. (1907–1911)
  • Theodorus Antonius Leonardus Maria van Roosmalen, C.SS.R. (1911–1947)
  • Stephanus Joseph Maria Magdalena Kuijpers, C.SS.R. (1946–1971)
  • Aloysius Ferdinandus Zichem, C.SS.R. (1971–2003)
  • Wilhelmus Adrianus Josephus Maria de Bekker (2004–2014)
  • Karel Choennie (2015 – )

Auxiliary bishop

  • Diocese of Paramaribo – Suriname official site
  • "Diocese of Paramaribo". Catholic-Hierarchy. Archived from the original on 2005-04-14. Retrieved 2007-02-27.
  • http://catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dpara.html